DS Medical blog

Workplace first aid

News, product updates and practical advice for ambulance services, event medics, first responders and workplaces.

Workplace Medical Requirements: Essential First Aid for Facilities Management
14 November 2025

Workplace Medical Requirements: Essential First Aid for Facilities Management

Ensure your workplace meets medical safety standards with DS Medical. Discover essential first aid kits, defibrillators, and medical equipment for...

Read more
Top 10 Consumables Every Aesthetic Clinic Should Stock
3 October 2025

Top 10 Consumables Every Aesthetic Clinic Should Stock

Running a professional aesthetic clinic is about more than offering treatments—it’s about patient safety, compliance, and creating the best possible...

Read more
The Versatile Arclight Ophthalmoscope-Loupe-Otoscope: A Game-Changer in Diagnostic Tools
3 October 2024

The Versatile Arclight Ophthalmoscope-Loupe-Otoscope: A Game-Changer in Diagnostic Tools

Explore the innovative Arclight Ophthalmoscope, a versatile diagnostic tool transforming healthcare. Read our blog to learn how it benefits medical...

Read more
Reducing the Risk of Occupational Cancer
11 September 2023

Reducing the Risk of Occupational Cancer

Introducing De -Wipe decontamination wipes which remove the most harmful dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from skin.

Read more
Know Your Numbers! Week
1 September 2023

Know Your Numbers! Week

DS Medical has created this blog for Know Your Numbers! Week. In it we'll delve into the significance of knowing and managing...

Read more
Sickness and Injury at School
20 April 2023

Sickness and Injury at School

Having procedures in place at schools is essential to ensure children are treated quickly and appropriately when illness, accidents, and injuries...

Read more
A simple, great way to manage sickness in schools
23 February 2023

A simple, great way to manage sickness in schools

None of us like feeling or being sick and if we’re honest, we probably don’t really want to talk about it either!...

Read more
First Aid in the workplace - what you need to know in 2022
6 June 2022

First Aid in the workplace - what you need to know in 2022

It’s well known that employers need to ensure they have sufficient first aid measures in place if people are taken ill or...

Read more
Slip and fall injuries
4 April 2022

Slip and fall injuries

The pre-hospital sector can often be unpredictable and even dangerous at times. Slips and falls are one of the main causes of...

Read more
Advice on how to look after your mental health during Covid-19
15 April 2020

Advice on how to look after your mental health during Covid-19

The past few weeks have been a stressful time for many of us. Although restrictions have been lifted, the lasting effects of...

Read more
How to prevent and control infections during Covid-19
31 March 2020

How to prevent and control infections during Covid-19

In light of the ongoing news regarding coronavirus, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is vital to keep both patients and medical professionals...

Read more
Infection prevention and control
30 November 2019

Infection prevention and control

Infection Prevention and Control or IPC is a scientific and practical approach created to help protect patients and healthcare workers. Within the...

Read more